1 Saturday, December 11, 1943 LEGION BEAUTIES IN TRAINING 6 J6 0 Cases To Attention Of Red Cross A total of 6,760 cases were acted upon by the field office of the American Red Cross, at Camp Abbot, during the month of November, Frank J. Dunning, field director, reported to Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC com mander yesterday. The number of soldiers calling in person at the field office, and who were stationed at Camp Abbot, and who received assistance other than financial totalled 1757 dur ing the 30-day period. Of the 2122 cases acted upon by the field director’s personal staff, loans were made to sol diers in the amount of 514,058.65. Fifty-one grants in the amount of $1,824.00 were made to sol diers whose allotment commit ments would have made it im possible to repay a loan. In addition to the cases handl ed by the field office personnel, the Station Hospital office handl ed 221 social welfare cases in ad dition to carrying on a complete recreation program. The Red Cross now has three full-time recreation workers administer ing the program at the hospital. The office also handled seven Wac cases and made one loan in the amount of $45.00. The fiel doffice also wound up its final month in administer ing service to IV Corps troops, stationed in this area, in connec tion with recent maneuvers. The office had supervision of 4417 cases which included loans in the amount of $50.00. The month was one of busiest in serving Camp Abbot troops since the post wras activated. Abbot Face! By Pvt. Jack Dement Co. B, 52nd Bn. There was a strange collec tion of men on K. P. Saturday night. It all dates hack to the previous Monday, the «lay Co. B. was working on booby traps. Anyone setting one off, of course, lost his dog tags. _The strange situation arose in that the cadre and the captain were the principal ones who lost their tags. So among the faces on K. P. Sat urday were Capt. Fritsche, Sgt. Lawrence, of the third third platoon; Sgt. Reese, fourth platoon; Cpi. Keltner, third platoon; Cpi. Abrams, fourth plat's >n, along with many others. Lt. Wilson, of the third platoon, escaped by sheer luck, in spite of many narrow escapes. Rock Springs, Wyo. < CNS)— group of men here bought a herd of buffalo from a nearby rancher. Buffalo meat Is ration free. A The first ¡»ostwar convention of The American Ix-gion will be a lulu! It bids well to eclipse all the great Legion gatherings of the past. The drum majorettes are in training for the colorful new Legion era. Here is a group of the prettiest, each of whom is look ing toward strutting ahead of a Legion drum corps in that tremen dous first postwar American Legion grand parade. ERTC Trainees Learn Value O f Bangalore Torpedoes Although the engineer soldier is trained in all phases of combat, one period in use of demolitions—the Bangalore torpedo—has proven of unusual interest to the new trainee and it is permitted to be disclosed publicly for the first time. The Bangalore-torpedo is ‘ not an entirely new explosive end of the tube to act as a used by the American army. booster for the amatol which In fact, it first came into promi constitutes the main part of the nence during the first World war. It is used primarily to blast charge. It is effective against a gap through barbed wire tanks and torpedoes may be as aprons. The torpedo is five feet sembled in sections of any length in length and two and three- desired. Some of the most recent eights inches in diameter and innovations in the use of the has a metal case 2.5-1000 inch in Bangalore is employing them in thickness. such lengths that this usage is Its most recent successful use referred to as a “snake." The in the present conflict was by main effect of their explosion is the Marines on Guadalcanal. upward and relatively little dam Digging into past experience, age is done on either side of the the Leathernecks improvised the spot in which the torpedo is w'eapon, using bamboo poles. placed. Since then the W ar Department has manufactured and issued the metal cased ones. Advantage of Ex-Windy City the metal casing is that in the explosion the case fragments cut Court Clerk Is the wire. In the demonstrations at Camp Engineer Here Abbot the trainees first view the A form er bailiff and deputy barbed wire apron under which clerk of the Municipal Court, one of the ten-pound torpedoes is placed. They then retreat to a Chicago, is learning the tricks place of safety and the torpedo of being a combat engineer at is detonated. On return they find Camp Abbot. that the terrific explosion has Not many weeks past Pvt. Sal- completely cut and thrown aside vatore B. Bonefede Co. A, 51st Eng. Trng. Bn., was worried the wire. The torpedo can also be used with no more work than prepar for cutting wire gaps, or as an ing dockets, listening to pleas of anti-tank mine or for booby those who happened in clutches traps. Adding to its effectiveness of the law, and keeping up with as a booby trap is the fact that Windy City politics. it can be detonated by blasting He is well known in Chicago caps, prima cord, electricity or political circles, but is as good any other standard firing device. an engineer soldier as he was a The torpedo is constructed courthouse attache, according to with four inches of TNT in each his superior officers. Male Call ' WWATS WITH THt£ HERE CORPORAL 5AN60NE - ALWEE2 DPAWiN U6 Q .V 6 LOOKIN' LIKE WOLFE? A B B O T EN G IN EER Page Seven Gate Picture Gets National Publicity The picturesque entrance gate | to Camp Abbot has attracted nation-wide attention. The pho tograph taken by Dale Vin cent, staff photographer, which appeared in the last issue of the ABBOT ENGINEER, will grace the picture pages of Yank and Army Times, the two week ly publications for military per sonnel. The structure was designed by Capt. John V. Banks, und the Engineer Section branch of the Training division. It was built by students of the carpenter school, under direction of Sgt. Caress. It varies from the orig inals plans drawn at Fort Leon ard Wood, in that those were found too elaborate and the pres ent structure was designed so that only materials and work originating in the training divis ion were used. Cookie Canteen For Patients A home made cookie canteen will be a feature of the entertain ment schedule of the Red Cross recreation department at Station Hospital next week. On Monday and Thursday afternoon mem bers of the Womens’ Junior League at Bend will bake cookies in the kitchen of the recreation department and serve them hot from the oven to hospital pa tients. Other features of the week's entertainment provided by tho recreation aides includes a talent show on Monday eve ning. at 7:15, under direction of Sgt. Roy L. Rider; a perform ance of "Khaki Capers,” Thurs day night at 7:15, and a classical music hour in which Christmas carols will be featured, Wednes day night at 7:15. Movies will be shown Tuesday and Friday nights and Saturday a “Track Meet,” a novel entertainment stunt arranged by Miss Olive Greaves, principal re c re a tio n aide, w ill be staged. Sunday will be open house. This afternoon hospital patients will witness a performance of “The Young in Heart," by students of the Bend High School, and a Bingo party will be held tonight. Gift Problems Solved by USO If soldiers have difficulty se lecting Christmas gifts or wrap ping them for mailing, it won't be the Bend USO’s fault. Host- esos are on duty from 2 to 5 p. m. daily in the downtown club- rooms. and materials, including paper, ribbon and stickers are available to soldiers whenever the club is open. Hostesses also have volunteered to aid in the selection of gifts. by Milton Caniff, creator of Terry and the Pirates YEAH-MV GUCL « WORRIED THAT I’M MEBBS GETTIN rT AIN'T Y CIV-VIL-YUNS COULD J GET TH' WCONÛ IDEA / \ ABOUT TM' ARMY... I POINTED EARS AN A POIMANEVT PIVE O ’CLOCK SHADOW.1 BATTLE STATIONS' -UNESCORTED CONVOY COM IN' UP! War Hardships Described in Bond Program The hardships faced by Ameri can soldiers in the fox holes of fever-infested New Guinea ai d tho importance of buying the war bonds which enable Uniti 1 Nations forces to carry the fig t to the enemy were outlined by Capt. Ralph Reed, Training 1 i- vision officer and veteran of the New Guinea campaign, at i meeting of Camp Abbot civili; i employes at the Post theat.e last Friday, In describing the Battle of ti e Beaches at the outset of the New Guinea campaign, Capt. Rc< d pointed out that United Stat- s troops were forced to live in s' it trenches for dqys on end or risk being shot by an unseen foe. Con ditions are better imagined th< n described, he said. There were no sanitary facilities and wab r obtained from holes dug near the trenches could not be purified. As a consequence, disease w. s as great a threat as the enemy. Yet, despite these difficult» the men displayed amazing courage, refusing to quit the fight even when sick and weak from fever. “The American soldier is d e ferent from any other fighting man," Capt. Reed said. “O ther soldiers can stay in trench- s playing a waiting game until they discover what they’re up against. This is difficult for our forces. After a couple of hom s, the American soldier iiegins *o fidget and wants to tear into the enemy no m atter who or w hit he is fighting. "Troops soon learn what h s become a slogan in this wai — ‘it's either kill or l>e killed.’ A man fighting the Japs doesn't consider them human. They'live like rats; they act like rats, and they are rats.” Lt. Col. Russell R. Turrill, Di rector of Personnel, compliment ed civilian workers for the co operation in buying bonds ar.d exhorted them to give still fur ther support to the bond pid- gratn. He pointed out that the goal for arm y installations is 90 per cent participation with sal ary allotments of at least 10 per cent and that Camp Abbot :s striding to reach the 100 p* r cent mark. The program here has mad" great progress during the past few months, he said. At present 88.2 per cent of post personnel s purchasing bonds, and salary I- lotments total 7.8 per cent. Music for the program was provided by the Camp Abt ,t band, directed by W arrant Of:i- ccr Charles S. Spalding. Surfimerfield, Mass. fCNS) —> Pupils of Summerfield schc- I filed out of the building in th< r routine monthly fire drill. Out side they took a nonchalant lo< k at the building. It was ablaze. You're Ridin', Now, Red! V n